As Investors Flee Australia’s Housing Bust, Sales of New Houses Plunge to Record Low by Wolf Richter • Jan 21, 2019 • 46 Comments But first-time buyers cling to hope.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT by Wolf Richter • Jan 20, 2019 • 46 Comments And This Isn’t Even a Global Recession Yet.
Bottom Suddenly Falls Out of Demand in China in Many Sectors by Wolf Richter • Jan 19, 2019 • 93 Comments “What we witnessed in November and December was just extraordinary.”
Stock-Market Margin Debt Plummets Most Since Q4 2008 by Wolf Richter • Jan 18, 2019 • 69 Comments Wow, that was fast. Margin calls.
Another Retail Chain Bought & Stripped Bare by Sun Capital Goes Bankrupt by Wolf Richter • Jan 17, 2019 • 97 Comments Number five in two years. Here’s the list.
Boom Fizzles: Shipments Fall for 1st Time Since Transportation Recession by Wolf Richter • Jan 16, 2019 • 16 Comments But freight rates remain red hot.
4 Months of Carmageddon in the EU Wipe Out Gains for 2018 by Wolf Richter • Jan 16, 2019 • 19 Comments Ford is big loser, Hyundai-Kia big winner, and Opel is someone else’s problem.
Yield Curve Spaghetti by Wolf Richter • Jan 15, 2019 • 67 Comments The one-month yield is 21 basis points higher than CPI, not seen since 2009.
What Truck Drivers Say about “Driver Shortage” & Pay Increases by Wolf Richter • Jan 15, 2019 • 87 Comments For the majority, pay has remained flat or has fallen over the past year.
China’s Consumers Rattle Global Automakers as Sales Plunge by Wolf Richter • Jan 14, 2019 • 56 Comments Welcome to the Big Club of Saturation & Decline.